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Date: 6-7 July, 2013Location: London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Regular Price: £995 + VAT

This Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) course covers everything you need to understand in order to perform as a ScrumMaster or Scrum Team member.

Certification Process In order to receive your ScrumMaster Certification (CSM), you will need to attend the 2 day course (your attendance will be registered each day). Following attendance on the course, your name will be registered with the Scrum Alliance (usually within 1 day of the course end date). You will be then be sent an automated confirmation from the Scrum Alliance which provides a link to the new on-line, 35 question, multiple choice exam. Upon successful completion of the exam, you will be designated Certified Scrum Trainer. The exam and two years' membership to the Scrum Alliance are included in the course cost.

About your Trainer:

Your course instructor is David Hicks. As a Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer, you can read about David in more detail here. David has been doing Agile consulting, training and coaching in a whole range of different contexts for nearly 20 years, using the full range of Agile approaches including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP, DSDM, Agile Project Management and the Open/Agile Unified Process. He became a Founder Member of the Agile Alliance in 2002 and is a regular speaker on the Agile conference circuit. David holds a wide range of Agile qualifications including the following:

Certified Scrum Trainer

Lean-Kanban University Certified Kanban Trainer

Certified Lean IT Trainer

Certified PMI Agile Certified Practitioner

Certified APMG Agile Project Management Trainer

Certified DSDM Agile Trainer

Certified Agile Leadership Practitioner

Today, in addition to having trained in excess of 1,200 Certified ScrumMasters (both via public and in-house training courses), a large part of his role is to provide Agile consulting and coaching services to clients large and small across a range of industry segments. This means that the training he delivers is based on extensive experience of Agile in the real world.

Comments by attendees of David's previous courses:

"Altogether, a very informative, educational and enjoyable course. Thanks!"

"I found the style refreshingly honest and devoid of "religious fervour" - as always, the practical war stories were the most informative and helpful part. Also appreciated the reference to other methods (DSDM etc) and parts of their thinking which may be useful"

"Excellent trainer! Our interest in the course was maintained throughout the course. Practical views from the trainer. Excellent overall!"

"Dave presented the course material in an extremely interesting and motivating manner"

"I was happily surprised that the majority of the course covered a generic agile approach coupled with a substantial amount of dealing with change management, in addtion to core Scrum!"

"Very enjoyable course and Dave was an excellent trainer"

"Excellent course, really understood Scrum well and in the context of the overall Agile approaches and processes"

"Extremely good presentation of ideas and concepts"

"Excellent all round understanding of Scrum and the ScrumMaster role gained from attendance on this course"

"A very well presented course, much of the content from which I will utilise with my company"

All CSM courses are taught by Trainers approved by the Scrum Alliance. Taking a CSM course, passing the CSM test, and accepting the license agreement designates you as a Certified ScrumMaster, which indicates that you have been introduced to and understand the basic concepts you need to perform as a ScrumMaster or team member on a Scrum team. This course also satisfies two elements of the CSD track: Scrum Introduction and Elective.

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Agil8 Ltd – Public Training Courses - Terms and Conditions 2013

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Payment Terms: Confirmation Payment must be received at least 14 days before the course start date. For bookings made within 14 days of the course start date, payment must be made at the time of booking.

Cancellation Policy The following charges will be applied for cancelled bookings following receipt of intention to cancel in writing: More than 7 days prior to the course start date = no charge Less than 7 days prior to the course start date = 50% of course fee. The option to transfer to an alternative course from agil8 is also available.

Transfer Policy We understand that circumstances may occur which means the Customer needs to rescheduIe their training course to a later date. Therefore if bookings are transferred to another public training course led by agil8 Ltd (the same course or similar), the following charges will apply: 1st transfer = no charge 2nd and subsequent transfers = £100 + VAT, payable immediately.

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Agil8 Ltd also reserves the right to refuse admission if payment has not been received.

The course is a two-day, interactive session which will effectively teach Scrum principles and practices. You can expect the following topics to be covered during the course:

General Knowledge

Agile Manifesto

Empirical and Defined Processes

Scrum Process and Sprints

The Significance of "Done"

The Five Scrum Values

Applicability of Scrum

Scrum Roles

Overview of Scrum Roles

ScrumMaster

Product Owner

The Team

Teamwork

Team Characteristics

Impact on Traditional Roles

Scrum Meetings

Sprint Planning Meeting

Daily Scrum Meeting

Sprint Review Meeting

Sprint Retrospective Meeting

Release Planning Meeting

Scrum Artifacts

Product Backlog

Product Increment and the Definition of Done

Sprint Backlog

Burndown Chart

Scaling Scrum

Working with Multiple Scrum Teams

Working with Distributed Scrum Teams

In addition, given the instructor's substantial experience and knowledge about the full range of Agile methods available, you will also benefit from the opportunity to gain a high level understanding of alternative and complementary Agile methods including Kanban, Lean, XP, DSDM and Agile Project Management and how they fit with Scrum. David Hicks will use his consulting experience, built over the last 17 years, to illustrate the topics covered.

This course is useful for anyone who wants to be successful using Scrum. As such, it will benefit anyone who is involved in a Scrum Project across the full range of Scrum roles. It has been found to be helpful both to those newly setting out on their Agile journey, as well as those who have gained previous experience but now want to consolidate their knowledge or address questions that have arisen based on their experience. In terms of roles, the course is suitable for Product and Project Managers, Product Owners, Functional / Departmental Managers, other Development Team Members (Architects, Designers, Coders, Testers, etc), and others involved in transitioning to Scrum within their organisation.